11-letter words containing b, i, k, n
- bookbindery — a place in which books are bound
- bookbinding — Bookbinding is the work of fastening books together and putting covers on them.
- booking fee — a fee that some theatre and agencies charge the customer for booking through them
- bookkeeping — Bookkeeping is the job or activity of keeping an accurate record of the money that is spent and received by a business or other organization.
- bookselling — the activity of selling books
- bootlicking — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
- bowie knife — a stout hunting knife with a short hilt and a guard for the hand
- box-ticking — the process of satisfying bureaucratic administrative requirements rather than assessing the actual merit of something
- brankursine — a bear's-breech, a type of acanthus plant
- bread knife — a knife designed or suitable for slicing bread, as one having a wavy or saw-toothed blade.
- break in on — to intrude on
- break point — a point which allows the receiving player to break the service of the server
- breaking-up — separation, or the action of separating, into smaller parts
- bricklaying — the technique or practice of laying bricks
- brickmaking — the activity of making bricks
- broken hill — a town in SE Australia, in W New South Wales: mining centre for lead, silver, and zinc. Pop: 19 834 (2001)
- broken line — a discontinuous line or series of line segments, as a series of dashes, or a figure made up of line segments meeting at oblique angles.
- broken vein — a ruptured blood vessel
- broken wind — heaves
- buckjumping — a competitive event for buckjumpers in a rodeo
- buckskinned — made of buckskin
- bulk buying — the purchase at one time, and often at a reduced price, of a large quantity of a particular commodity
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- bunker hill — the first battle of the American Revolution, actually fought on Breed's Hill, next to Bunker Hill, near Boston, on June 17, 1775. Though defeated, the colonists proved that they could stand against British regular soldiers
- bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush
- cabin trunk — a large trunk specially designed to be used on journeys, and often having large handles at either end to make it easy to move
- cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
- carbon sink — areas of vegetation, esp forests, and the phytoplankton-rich seas that absorb the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels
- chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
- cinderblock — Made of cinder blocks.
- debarkation — Disembarkation.
- diamondback — any edible North American terrapin of the genus Malaclemys, esp M. terrapin, occurring in brackish and tidal waters and having diamond-shaped markings on the shell: family Emydidae
- diefenbaker — John George, 1895–1979, prime minister of Canada 1957–63.
- double knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
- double-knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
- doublethink — the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.
- embarkation — The act of embarking.
- frank dobie — (James) Frank, 1888–1964, U.S. folklorist, educator, and author.
- gobsmacking — Causing one to be gobsmacked; astounding, flabbergasting.
- home baking — such things as bread, cakes and biscuits that are baked at home
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- husking bee — a gathering of farm families or friends to husk corn, usually as part of a celebration or party.
- ibn khaldun — Abd-al-Rahman [ahb-dahl-rah-mahn] /ɑb dɑlˈrɑ mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher.
- ibn-khaldun — 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher. His Kitab al-`ibar (Book of Examples) is a history of Islam
- icebreaking — Serving the purpose of breaking ice.
- in the book — in all that is known and practiced in connection with a particular activity
- interbroker — relating to interbroker dealers or their work
- keyboarding — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- kibbutzniks — Plural form of kibbutznik.
- kick boxing — a form of boxing in which the gloved combatants may also kick with bare feet.